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8、CTION2Time - 25 minutes 23 QuestionsTurn to Secti。n 2 (page 劍。f your answer sheet to answer the questionshis section.Directions: For each questionhis section, select the best answer企om among the choigiven and fillhe corresponding circle on the answer sheet.Galileo s astronomical observations Coperni

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14、lationship bnetthe paired 陽sages.Answer the questions on the basis of what is or 且hepassages and in any in位oductorymaterialt may be provided.Questions 6-7 are based on the following passage.Questions 8-9 are based on the following passage.Many crossword puzzle devotees regard the wildlyAround 320 B.

15、C. the ancient Greek geographerpopular number game Sudoku with the disdain a jazzPy也eas made a remarkable sea journey around thepurist mighve for a sellout pop star. For crossworddinsttaicn臺ingeof northern Europe. Afterward,r., constructors, Sudoku represents a robotic outsourcingsome ofhis contempo

16、raries regarded him as a brilliantLineof the puzzle trade. Sudoku requires no individual artistry,5scientist; others, as an outright liar. Scholars whoenoexq山sitehandcrafting; the puzzles are simply credmore recently examined the evidence compa:的im toout by computers. One crossword ensthusiastexplor

17、ers like Captain Cook and Columbus. Few nowthe upstart competition has piqued many crossword fans.doubt the truth of hi s teo j ourneyed to the“People are only going to spend so much time a day onvery limits ofthe ancient European world, but how he!O a puzzle, and it s either going to be a numb uzzl

18、e or atraveled, where exactly he went, and what he saw areJOcrossword, right？” be says.“A lot ofcrossword enthusiastsies still as sehd in mystery as the ighteningdont want to heart, but it s the truth.Nohrotl res washe mindsios ffehllowGr臼ks.8.The primary pure of the passage is to6.1e sentence of th

19、e passage （“Many . star ”）does which ofthe following?(A) Uses a metaphor to de scribe a pros(A) describe the extent ofancient Greek knowledgeofth巳 geography of northern Europe(B)Usoegsyanto characterize a reaction(C)Uses luto call to mind a work(B) discuss the views ofancient Greeks and modemofartsc

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22、utdated and endearingly qua(D)They appeal primarily to young crossword(B) mythical a!d highly engagingpuzzle fans.(C) definitive but somewhat subjective(E)They take less ti! 1e to completen do(D) influential but now widely discreditedcrossword puzzles.substantive but only partially understood但）口口 2口

23、口2Unauthorized copyi噸QI ret.后e clanypart of this page幅 mal.句If it wasnt lazin臼s or lack of talent, then what was it?Questions 10-16 are based on the following passage.This passage was adapted.from a 2009 novella set inE左ypt.When I got older, I worked out.也erea皿a What my fatherlacked was charisma-lot

24、 encirles great menand grants them influenr ors.50Ever since he was a child, he d loved to draw一peoplesnames of twentieth-century Egyptian p缸ntersfactrees, the carshe streets. Eve噸hing his eyes sawwa mpred inon his young mind. Then the lines10. The n缸rator invokes the two names in lines 14-15he made

25、uld ruer由e pr to reshthingso theme 5in order toway he wanted to see them. Ey mornin 惱 d tak hiscoloring pencils and a sketchbook and go to the municipal(A) claim a lingarden in Zaqaz坷，isolate himself on an empty seat, and(B) offer criticismdraw. When he was twenty, he left Zaqaziq, where he hadpoke

26、funaradition（仨）been born, to live in a small room on the roof of an old(D) establish amparisonhousehe Bein el-Sarayat neighborhood of Cairo. Before(E) deflect an objection11. In line 20, the narrator indicates10two yehassed, he was drawing the main cartoon forthreeklagazines, and at age twenty-four

27、he put ont his father s hopeshisxhibition of oil paings.(A)were not clearly definedTe beginnings were由y, no doubt, of Ragheb,(B)did not se,rve as examplesBikar*, or any other great paer, but I m not talking about15(C)did not come to企uitionany ofthem. These were theginnings of Abd el也ti,(Dwere unreal

28、isticand who has heard of him? Abd el-Ati was my father, and,(Ecaused his father great anxietydespite the exciting, promise-packed start, he ended up far企om what was expected. Abd el”Ati did not shine and his12. Lines 27-31 （“Was he . years，） serve primarily to-great hopes as a paer were never reali

29、zed. He changed20nothinghe deve pment of paing, as he had dreamed(A)it hypotheses and assess the讓aptnessofng nd thirty years after hi move to Cairo, i.ny father(Bstion motives and object to their implicationswaill a!1 obscure artist earning his livingng drawings（）challenge be fs and investigate thei

30、r origins(D)examine thees and discuss their sucsorsfor a magazine called Lifet nobody readge憂ing by(E)suggest alternatives and imagine theirectson other small jobs, such aiving private art lessons to the25children of the rich. This was where Abd el-Ati was at 50,“laziness and love ofand I ask myself

31、, why? Was he lackingalent For sure13. The narrator i p spl asure” （line 29he had moren many paers who sueded ndbecame famoWas it laz ess and love of pleasuretmary caus of his father s(A(B)(C)(D)(E)was thdid him in? On the contrary, my father led a dissolufe30downonly during his last years. Before t

32、hen, he used to prucehad no substantial impact on his fathers.,Iprolifically and persistently and when I was little Id oftencareerwakehe morning to find he hadn t slept but spent thecaused his father to be ostracized企omentire ght on a neing. I loved him then. His eyesfamily and friendswould be exh a

33、ustedce drawn, and his laugh low and35served his fathers creative pros insatisfied. He d dry.his hands quickly on his pa二spatteredproductive wayssmock and bend down to kiss me and his goo d1 oarsehelped his father to withstand stresssmell would takesesof me. Then he d take me byin difficult timesthe

34、 hand, pull mek ae, poto the paing on itseasel, and ask me, pretending to b very grav ” “What think4014. In lines 31-38 （“Before . me”）， the na盯ator expressesyou, my dear sir, of the work? Do you lik巳 it？an attitude ofreMy moth巳r wouldlaughingly and say，“You”asking Isam? What cahild know about paing

35、？(A) anxious concernAnd my father would reply, picking me up in is anns(B)painful regretand kissing me，“What do you mean? He w”ill be a great(C) affectionate a45artist. One day Illl you，I told you so！(D) deepp(E)mused toler2口口加15.白1e exchange in lines 42-46 （“My mother . so ！ ”） primarily suggestst

36、the narrator s parents were16. Lines 48-50 （“What my . others”） emphasize the importance of(A)(B)(C)(D)(E)unerested in art inquisitive and skeptical(A)(B)artistic talent 口口Unauthorized明ingor reu輯 d2口口2novel A River Runs Through It, and I m sitting h臼e waitingQuestions 17-23 are based on the followin

37、g passages.for one of those perf民t mome組ts when time悅。ps and Ifeel myself achieving a mystical communion with nature.PSsage I is adapted貪omsketch by naturalist John MuirBut nothing s happening. I ve been hanging around也is(1838-1914). Passage 2 is adapted.from a 2000 book by45newsprper columnist.Pass

38、age 1magnificent se憂ingfor 30 minutes and I end onemoment ofelevated consciousness.be ageless rh嚴hmsof creation are happening all around me. The crisp airwhispers. The branches sway. IfJohn Muir were here, hedOn theof my long lonelyoenxsc, botanizingsoprobably be in rapture, writhing on由e ground in

39、ecstasyin glorious freedom around the forests and sw缸npsover the be auty of some nearby twig. But as for me, notsurrounding the Greakes, I discovered the rarest anda thing. It s October, and it occurs to me t maybe it sine most beautiful of the flowering plants-Calypso borealistoo late he season for

40、 transcendence.5 (the Hider ofthe North). I had been fording streams more“Eventually, all things merge o one, and a river runsand more difficult to cross and wading bogs and sw，缸npsthrough it，”Maclean writes. When I read t backy55t seemed more and more extensive and more difficultliving room a few m

41、onths ago, it seemed so profound. Nowto force one s way也rough. Entering one of these g臼tI can t figure out what the heck it means. The only thingstamarac and arbor-vitae swamps one morning,merging o one are my fingerso a block of frozen litude is也roughtangled droobranches and over and underJOflesh.

42、And instead of making me profound, this sobroad heaps ollen trees, I began totI wfeoaurldjust giviinngg me the creeps. There probably isn t another60not be able to reach dry ground before dark and thereforehuman beiin with enof l而且 en I think of thewould e to pass the nighthe swamp,afnadcalamittiecs

43、ould befallrs on out here, I realizetgry.there are advantages to seeking inneace at spots closeBut when the sun w臼 getting low and everythingI5to a pay phone and an emergency rescue squad. Every twigseemed most bewildering and discouraging, I foundsnap beegiinnss to sound likeitnhteof an onrushing65

44、beautiful Calypso on the mossy bof a stream, growingggrriizzzzllyy. I look at my watch and realize t I had better startnot he ground but on a bed of yellow mosses in whichfe eling serene oneness with the natural world pretty soon.its small white bulb had found a soft nest and from whichI ve got dinn

45、er reservations back issoula at six.its one lef and one flower sprung. The flower was white20and made the impresof the utmost simple purity like a17.Whiecmhesnt best describes the relationshipsnowflower. No other bloom was near it for the bog a shorte tbn the two passages?s?distance below the surfac

46、e was still frozen, and the water(A The authof Pa sage 2 ignores the desire towas ice cold. It seemed the most spiritual of all the Oowerpreserve nature hat is expressed in Passage l .people I had ever met. I sat down beside it and fa rly cried25(B The author of Pa age 2 purports to be looking forIt

47、 seems wonderfult so企ailand lowly a p l ansthe type ofexperience described in Passage l .(C) The author of Passage 2 achieves the samesucher over human hearts. This Calypso meetingcloseness to nature described in Passage 1.happened some forty-five years ago, and it was more(D) The author of Passage

48、2 disputes the truthfulnessmemorable and impressiven virtually any of my30of the account presented in Passage 1.meetings with human beings.How long I sat beside Calypso I don t know. ger(E) The author of Passage 2 pursues to an absurdthe theory advanced in Passage l.and weariness vanish時，and only af

49、ter the sun was lowhe west I plashed on through the swamp, strong and18.The paragraph of Passage 1 primarily emphasizesexhilarated as ifnever more to feel any mortal c缸巳Passage 235which aspect of the“forests and swamprroundingthe Greakes （lin”es 2-3)?Im sitting on a rock he Big Blackfoot River in(A)

50、 The beauty of the vistaswestern Montana. The sun is glistening off the water,(B) The uniqueness of the plant lifehanedir tfhaellgrasses on the bs are ablaze.(C) The arduousness of the terrainThe air is crisp and silent, and I m utterly alone but for the(D) The remoteness of the locationhawk gliding

51、 by abo.ve and the trout lurking he water40(E) The complextembelow. This is the spot where Nonnan Maclean set hisany part d F餌”隱illegal.for joy.2口口口口2aUnnyaupthanoriozfethdiscoppyagiengisoirllereguasel.of19.he context of Passage 1, the author s use of22. The s ement in lines 57-59 （“ The only . fles

52、h” ） isphrasebest u derstood asunderstood to be(A) a use ofunders ement to describe a situation(A) a sign ofhis depth of feeling for certain botanical(B)a shift企om a serious tone to a humorous onespecimens(C)(D)(E)a foreshadowing of one of the dangers described(B)(C)1)an expresof his concern about t

53、he welfare oflaterhe p衍agraphall livinganismsa playa phraset appears ear rhean acknowl gmentt nature can only beparagrapheted through a human企ameworkan llusto a common misreading ofanan nation ofthe ambivalence he feels aboutexpreshuman beings(E)an attempt to project human motivations onto23. Each p

54、assage takes the form ofcertain plant species(A) a hypothetical scenario(B) a fond recollection20. The author of Passage 1 refers to his “meetings(C) an extendedal anecdotewith human beings (line 31) primarily to(A) emphasize the singtlarity of an experienc(D) a thesis folloy evidence(E) a pro lem f

55、ollowed by a solution33333a川ny partoroizfe甘d1iscop附ag soHr陸gre叫al.SECTION3Time - 25 minut臼Turn t。Section 3 (page 4）。f y。uranswer sh錦t t。answer the questionshis section.35 Ques撾ODSDirections: For each questionhis section, select the best answer from among the choi circle on the answer sheet.given and

56、 fillhe co汀espondingThe following sentenctest correctness and effectiveness of expres. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choiare different. If you

57、也ink the original phrasing produa better sentencen any of the alternatives, select cho e A; if not, select one of the other choi.aking your selection, follow the requirements of standard written English;t is, pay attention to grammar, choice of words, sentence onstruction, and punctuation.Your selec

58、tion should resulthe most effective sentence-clear and precise, without awkwardness or ambiguity.EXAMPLE:Laura Ingalls Wildublished herbook and she was sixtv-five vears old then.In 2009 scientists at the University of California,2.Los Angeles, made an incredibly small incan出scentli2:htbulb: what is

59、c。ntained within it is a carbonfilament only 100 atoms wide.（A)（B) (C)(D)(E)lightbulb; what is contained within it is lightbulbt containslightbulb, contained in it is lightbu b, it does contain lightbulb, it contains3.Alaska has 3 million lakes, over 3,000 rivers, and more coastline血且且the entire con

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